2004 Spreading the Word 2

Spreading the Word Video Introduction (.mov 5.5MB)

CBC Television Presents
Spreading the Word 2
An educational initiative of the Vancouver International Readers & Writers Festival

Invite the Vancouver International Writers Festival into your classroom! CBC Television presents a free video resource featuring four international writers, recorded live at the 2004 Writers Festival on Granville Island.

Readings and discussions by Canadian and international authors for young audiences, grades 4-8 and 8-10, taped live at the 2004 Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival. The content of each section is designed to connect with curriculum at the indicated grade levels. Click here for lesson plans.

Format: Available in DVD and VHS format

Brian Keating (Grades 4-8) Length 29 min - study guide
In Amazing Animal Adventures Around the World, Calgary's Brian Keating helps children learn about the environment?and how to conserve it?through firsthand accounts of his expeditions, illustrated with his own photographs.

Graeme Base Grades 4-8 Length 20 min - study guide
Australian Graeme Base loves language and illustration, and creates intricate picture books that often centre on animals and wildlife. He talks about making his books, including the classic Animalia, Truckdogs and Jungle Drums?about the smallest warthog in the jungle.

Q&A with Graeme Base and Brian Keating Length 20 min

Jaclyn Moriarty Grades 8-10 Length 20 min - study guide
In Jaclyn Moriarty's The Year of Secret Assignments, a class assignment forces three girls at a fancy prep school to become pen pals with three boys from the other side of the tracks?which quickly leads to secrets, lies, laughs and mystery.

Tessa McWatt Grades 8-10 Length 20 min - study guide
In her novella There's No Place Like, Tessa McWatt's heroine finds herself on an incredible trip around the world, where she discovers true friendship in the three young men who join her travels.

Spreading the Word 2
Lesson Aid # 9172A (VHS)
Lesson Aid # 9172B (DVD)
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